Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Iowa has a unique relationship with the Spike TV reality show Bar Rescue.
Only one of our bars has been on the show so far and it ended up being
the first and, so far, only bar that Jon Taffer walked away from before
actually rescuing it. I'm talking about O'Face Bar in Council Bluffs,
IA. You can read my earlier posts on this bar here, here, here, and here.

Administrative Law Judge Margaret LaMarche overturned a May decision
by the Council Bluffs City Council to deny the O Face Bar's liquor
license after it was featured on a Spike TV show called "Bar Rescue," The Daily Nonpareil reported...

Matt Overmyer, who owns the bar
with his wife, appealed the city's decision to the Iowa Alcoholic
Beverages Division. He claimed the show's producers encouraged his staff
to engage in staged fights and disorderly conduct for the cameras. He
also said business has declined at the bar because of the show...

Overmyer said the business has had only one liquor law violation in more than three years.

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My name is Jon. I live in Iowa with my husband Mark and our two sons. We have two dogs. We are adoptive parents of our one son and legal guardians of our other son. I am a huge proponent of foster care and adoption. I am a member of a small, but active UCC church. I have worked in the disability field since high school. Oh, and I like comic books. A lot.
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